La Femme Musketeer (2004) (TV)

Director:

Steve Boyum

Writer:

Sandra Weintraub (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 2004 (France)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot Keywords:

Musketeer | Swashbuckler

Cast

Gérard Depardieu	...	Cardinal Mazarin
Michael York	...	D'Artagnan
Nastassja Kinski	...	Lady Bolton
Susie Amy	...	Valentine D'Artagnan
John Rhys-Davies	...	Porthos
Christopher Cazenove	...	Athos
Casper Zafer	...	Gaston (as Caspar Zafer)
Allan Corduner	...	Aramis
Freddie Sayers	...	King Louis
Marcus Jean Pirae	...	Villeroi
Clemency Burton-Hill	...	Marie Mancini
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kathy Ashworth	...	Townsperson
David Atkinson	...	Villeroi's Aide
Imogen Bain	...	Mrs. Planchet
Csilla Barath-Bastaic	...	Sonia
Toni Bobeta	...	Chateau Prison Guard #1
Drazen Bratulic	...	Gambler
Nick Brimble	...	The General
Susan Brown	...	Cecile D'Artagnan
Patrice Cols	...	Jules
Michael Culkin	...	Claude
Zrinka Cvitesic	...	Elena
John Dallimore	...	Cardinal's Bookeeper
Alex Djakovic	...	Mazarin's Messenger
Roy Dotrice	...	Commander Finot
Tomas Ereminas	...	Chateau Guard
Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik	...	Gaspar (as Vladimir Furdik)
Sasha Garth	...	Young Boy
William Gaunt	...	Trevoux
Bojana Gregoric	...	Pottery Girl
Boris Gregoric	...	Corrine's Father
Constantine Gregory	...	Planchet
Nicholas Irons	...	Captain Paul Mauriac
Ivan Klemencic	...	Chateau Prison Guard #2
Slavica Knezevic	...	Female Innkeeper
Kristina Krepela	...	Princess Maria Theresa
Edvin Liveric	...	King's Private Servant
Zeljko Loncar	...	Cardinal's Guard #2
Kirsten Love	...	Beatrice
Goran Manic	...	Duke's Guard
Mladen Markovic	...	Chateau Villager (as Mladen Markovic Max)
Stojan Matavulj	...	St. Raphael Mayor
Kresimir Mikic	...	Duke's Aide
Andrew Musselman	...	Antoine
Niko Nicotera	...	Etienne
Luka Peros	...	Funeral Musketeer
Predrag Petrovic	...	Vendor
T.J. Rotolo	...	Young Musketeer (as Terence Rotolo)
Nicholas Rowe	...	Duke of Buckingham
Stanislav Samuchovas	...	Lead Guardsman
Slava Samuchov	...	Captain of Cardinal soldiers
John Searles	...	Cardinal's Guard #1
Predrag Sikimic	...	Alvarez
Branko Smiljanic	...	Village Gambler
Zak B. Valenta	...	Pigeon Keeper
Ana Vilenica	...	Corrine
Andres Williams	...	Marcel

Also Known As:

Lady Musketier - Alle für eine (Germany)
The Lady Musketeer (International: English title)

Runtime:

163 min

Country:

Croatia | Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Spain:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Croatia

Company:

Drotcroft Limited

Trivia:

Michael York also played D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974)

Goofs:

Continuity: When Marie first reads the Queen's letter, the seal is on top of the letter. When every other character who reads the letter does so, the seal is on the bottom.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Return of the Musketeers (1989)

Entertaining 2-hour movie on a 3-hour US DVD.

An entertaining 2-hour movie, fluffed to 3 hours on the US DVD release. It's rather entertaining, for the most part, except that there are great lulls in the action as well as the main plot.

The movie frequently pauses on trivial scenes which focus on unnecessary personal interactions between characters. I suppose if they cut those parts, the original movie might have moved more quickly and yet possibly too quickly for younger child-audiences, and since this is indeed a Hallmark made-for-television mini-series, it's understandable and somehow tolerable.

All of the action/fight-scenes are in frame-flicker-mode, disguising these through safely- and slowly-filmed sequences which are then speeded up, much like old Asian martial-arts films that make everyone laugh, these days. Some of these are well-done, but after a while they become rather irritating, and some still appear to be in fast-speed, despite the attempts to use the frame-flicker-mode.

The old characters from the original Three Musketeers story are brought into the action later, including Michael York reprising his original role from the very popular 1970's Three Musketeers and Four Musketeers movies.

Overall, it's great watching for fans of those 1970's versions, as well as young feminist-heroine fans, and appropriate for younger family members, a rarity these days.